[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 69 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              BRING GOD BACK TO OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR NATION

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, a Federal court ruled in Texas that a 
school program that allowed clergy that counsel troubled students was 
unconstitutional. Another Federal court ruled that a Florida policy of 
allowing prayer at graduation ceremonies was unconstitutional. 
Unbelievable.
  These book-smart, street-stupid judges better look in the mirror of a 
troubled America, because it is clear, students can be counseled by 
convicts in our schools, not clergy. Students can read about devil 
worship, not God. Students can burn a flag at a school, but cannot say 
a prayer. Beam me up.
  It is time to amend the Constitution of this country and not only 
bring God back into the schools, but bring God back into our Nation.

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